African football enthusiasts across sub-Saharan Africa can gear up for a month of thrilling action, as MultiChoice Group, the parent company of DStv and GOtv, has secured the rights to broadcast all 52 matches of the upcoming African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the leading pay-TV provider announced that it had reached “a commercially viable agreement” with New World TV, the Togolese audio-visual group holding the AFCON broadcast rights for the region. This deal ensures that millions of viewers across 50 countries will have access to every goal, tackle, and dramatic twist of the tournament, scheduled to kick off on Saturday.
“SuperSport to broadcast all AFCON games live after MultiChoice secures broadcast rights January 10, 2024 – SuperSport will broadcast all 52 matches of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote d’Ivoire 2023 (AFCON) live after MultiChoice secured the rights to broadcast the continent’s showpiece tournament, which kicks off on 13 January 2024 until 11 February 2024,” the statement reads.
“MultiChoice reached a commercially viable agreement with rightsholders, New World TV (NWTV), to broadcast the 34th edition of Africa’s premier men’s football competition taking place in Ivory Coast.”
The development came a few weeks after MultiChoice disclosed that it failed to acquire the broadcasting rights for AFCON.
It was revealed that the company was beaten to the broadcasting rights by New World TV, a Togolese audio-visual group.
New World TV had won the rights to broadcast all CAF’s 13 competitions to the sub-Saharan African audience for two years.
